7.3/1025 votes#1 - Pointless/Set Up
Season 12 Episode 1 - Aired 12/8/2011
In Birmingham, Detective Chris Anderson investigates the gruesome murder of a woman who is shot to death and then set on fire. Anderson hunts down his suspects, but it's the victim's family that reveals a final, disturbing twist in the case. In DeKalb County, Detective Joe Renaud is working the homicide of a father of four, gunned down outside an apartment complex on the east side of town. Without little to go on, Renaud and his team must put the pieces of this puzzle together to track down the killer.
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- NaN/100 votes
#2 - Love Kills/Justified
Season 12 Episode 2 - Aired 12/15/2011
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- 8.4/1018 votes
#3 - Ultimate Price
Season 12 Episode 3 - Aired 1/5/2012
In Miami, a good Samaritan is shot dead while intervening in a robbery. Det. TC Cepero is forced to resort to a needle-in-a-haystack search for the getaway car, and for the homeless woman who may have seen the killer.
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- 8.1/1026 votes
#4 - Hot Lot/Blind Faith
Season 12 Episode 4 - Aired 1/19/2012
In Birmingham, Lead Det. Henry Lucas and the Birmingham Homicide Team are trying to solve the mystery of how a young man ended up shot in the back in the middle of a scrap yard. With no witnesses, Lucas hopes the victim's friends can lead him to the killer. In DeKalb County, Lead Det. Lynn Shuler and the Major Felony Unit are called to a motel where a woman has been found dead. The case takes a dark turn when the team learns that a man was in the room shortly before the woman died, but had since disappeared.
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- 7.8/1023 votes
#5 - Missing
Season 12 Episode 5 - Aired 3/8/2012
In Harris County, Deputy Mario Quintanilla and his team are investigating the mysterious disappearance and possible murder of a 20-year-old single mother. After days of searching and only a bloody, abandoned car as evidence, Investigators needs to retrace her final steps to solve the mystery.
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- 7.8/1021 votes
#6 - The Killer Speaks
Season 12 Episode 6 - Aired 3/8/2012
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- 7.7/1019 votes
#7 - Deadly Encounter/Car Trouble
Season 12 Episode 7 - Aired 3/15/2012
A janitor is stabbed to death in Miami; a Birmingham pedestrian is killed after fixing a car for his friend.
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- 8.8/1010 votes
#8 - Down in Overtown/Breaking Point
Season 12 Episode 8 - Aired 3/22/2012
In Miami, a young father is gunned down after a night of gambling. Detective Emiliano Tamayo has to figure out who would have killed him over twenty dollars. Then in Dallas, a child's birthday party turns deadly. The investigation becomes even more urgent when Detective Leo Gonzalez discovers the killer may be on the way to Mexico.
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- 7.3/1017 votes
#9 - Tiny Dancers/Right Hand Man
Season 12 Episode 9 - Aired 3/29/2012
In DeKalb County, a keyboardist for a local church is gunned down in his home. Detective Lynn Shuler uncovers a web of lies that ultimately puts him on the path of the killers. Then, in Miami, rookie Detective Mario Gonzalez responds to a call about a man found shot dead in an abandoned car. Just as the case is about to run cold, a witness comes forward that shatters the case wide open.
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- 7.7/1013 votes
#10 - Under One Roof/Off Target
Season 12 Episode 10 - Aired 4/5/2012
In Dallas, Detective Brian Tabor investigates the brutal stabbing of a man found in a vacant apartment. Now, detectives need a woman who may have lured him to his death, to come clean. Then in Birmingham, a wild gunfight leaves an innocent young man dead. Detective Jody Jacobs is on the hunt for two shooters and needs to determine who fired the first shot.
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- 8.5/1013 votes
#11 - Bad Attitude/Collateral Damage
Season 12 Episode 11 - Aired 4/12/2012
Mike Smith and Walley Everett investigate the murder of a 23-year-old mother found burned in the backyard of an abandoned house.
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- 7.7/1024 votes
#12 - Cold Light of Day
Season 12 Episode 12 - Aired 4/19/2012
An out-of-state truck driver is found dead in the cab of his rig; Texas investigators probe the murder of an exotic dancer.
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- 7.5/1029 votes
#13 - Far From Home/Object of Desire
Season 12 Episode 13 - Aired 4/26/2012
An unarmed man is gunned down outside a bar; a woman is found bludgeoned to death in her apartment.
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- 8.0/1025 votes
#14 - Unarmed/Bad Feeling
Season 12 Episode 14 - Aired 5/3/2012
Two friends are shot, then burned inside the trunk of a car
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- NaN/100 votes
#15 - Brutal Business
Season 12 Episode 15 - Aired 5/10/2012
A woman is murdered in front of her daughter during a home invasion in Harris County, Texas; a Dallas teen runs into serious trouble while trying to sell a gun.
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- NaN/100 votes
#16 - A Simple Plan/The Rip-Off
Season 12 Episode 16 - Aired 6/7/2012
An unarmed Miami man is shot in the back; three friends in Cleveland leave a party, but one of the group ends up dead.
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- NaN/100 votes
#17 - Less Than Zero/Friends for Life
Season 12 Episode 17 - Aired 6/14/2012
An unarmed Miami man is shot in the back; three friends in Cleveland leave a party, but one of the group ends up dead.
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- 7.4/1020 votes
#18 - House of Pain/Into the Night
Season 12 Episode 18 - Aired 6/28/2012
When a friendly house party turns into a double murder, the only female homicide detective in Cleveland has to piece together what went wrong. In Harris County, a hardworking father stops off for a drink after work and ends up the victim of a robbery gone bad.
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- 7.9/1024 votes
#19 - Shattered
Season 12 Episode 19 - Aired 7/12/2012
In Dallas, a well loved man is discovered in his apartment on a bed of broken glass. With only fragments of clues the homicide team zeros in on a suspect, but nothing is what it seems.
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- NaN/100 votes
#20 - Massacre in Little Haiti/Exposed
Season 12 Episode 20 - Aired 7/19/2012
A massacre outside a corner store leaves two dead and two clinging to life. With no witnesses, Miami detectives hope the surviving victims live to tell who pulled the trigger. In Cleveland, a man is found strangled in his apartment. Detectives go on the hunt for one of his friends and uncover a shocking motive.
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- NaN/100 votes
#21 - Deadly Ride/Wrong Place, Wrong Time
Season 12 Episode 21 - Aired 8/16/2012
Detectives embark on a four-state manhunt to find the killer of a Cleveland driver; Miami police need citizens to loosen their lips and help them solve a murder.
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- 7.4/1022 votes
#22 - Father and Son / Dangerous Attraction
Season 12 Episode 22 - Aired 8/30/2012
A Miami homicide team investigates the shooting death of a kindly father. Detectives investigate the murder of a Dallas man shot in his sleep, uncovering the shocking story of his girlfriend's dark past.
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- NaN/100 votes
#23 - Murder in Pleasant Grove
Season 12 Episode 23 - Aired 9/6/2012
In Dallas, a dismembered body is found burned in an open field. With no leads on the victim’s identity, detectives turn to the public for help in solving this baffling case.
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- NaN/100 votes
#24 - Innocent Bystander/Partners in Crime
Season 12 Episode 24 - Aired 9/13/2012
Surveillance video of a fatal stabbing at a Texas strip mall leaves a policeman with more questions than answers; a Dallas man is shot to death in his living room.
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- NaN/100 votes
#25 - Blood Red/Deadly Moves
Season 12 Episode 25 - Aired 9/20/2012
Two Dallas men on their way to visit family are gunned down; a police detective searches for a burglar who strangled a Cleveland preacher.
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The Best Episodes of The First 48 Season 12
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Season 12 Ratings Summary
"Pointless/Set Up" is the best rated episode of "The First 48" season 12. It scored 7.3/10 based on 25 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 12/8/2011. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Love Kills/Justified".